constipation

A woman whose bowel had to be removed due to chronic and severe constipation says we should all be more open to talking about basic bodily functions.

When Colleen Henderson’s three-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or constipation, common maladies in the potty-training years.

It caused me some very painful health problems; I had horrible constipation for a week, and so after this episode I just decided to give up all meat and became a vegan.

GLP-1 briefly slows the rate food moves through the gut, which explains the most common side effects: bloating and constipation.

She said she felt "fobbed off" when she told doctors about her constipation and rectal bleeding.